diff --git a/tools/coveragerc b/tools/coveragerc
index 6fd73a2089..4d272b0dba 100644
--- a/tools/coveragerc
+++ b/tools/coveragerc
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ exclude_lines =
     if False:
     # Don't require coverage for base class NotImplementedErrors
     raise NotImplementedError()
+    # Don't require coverage for Python 2/3 variations; it's impossible to cover on both
+    if six.PY3:
+    if six.PY2:
 
 [run]
 omit =
diff --git a/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py b/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
index 277cb74e5c..e553a1ec28 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/bugdown/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def unescape(s):
     # type: (Text) -> (Text)
     if six.PY2:
         return html_parser.HTMLParser().unescape(s)
-    else:
+    elif six.PY3:
         return html.unescape(s)
 
 def list_of_tlds():